He comes home to find Ruth (Melanie Lynskey, great) and Tony (Elijah Wood, having a blast) on his sofa. This is one of those signal conversations, occurring just after the midpoint, where characters state the theme of the story they’re in. Now we clearly see that her enemy isn’t just the thieves of the world – it’s the jackasses, too. Here it feels like a cheat, though, not to mention a rather uninspiring moral: If you can’t beat the jackasses, join ’em. I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore is streaming on Netflix.

Source: thestar February 27, 2017 17:01 UTC